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We are going through a series called “When God Doesn’t Make Sense” at Ignite, and we are talking about some of the mysterious things of scripture. One of the things that we talked about in this series is this concept that perhaps there was a pre-Adam Earth. For some context please click here to watch […]

We recently finished a series called “At the Movies.” Unfortunately, with that series we cannot record the messages because during this series we take popular movies that have spiritual themes, and unpack spiritual things in these movies. Movies are such an important part of our culture. Of course, there is huge business, making a lot of […]

When people think of meditation, they typically think of Eastern meditation, which is more of an emptying of the mind. You think of the person doing yoga sitting cross legged with their hands up trying to empty their mind, and they are emptying their life. Totally the opposite of Christian meditation. Christian meditation […]

Whenever I talk about reading the Bible, one of the things that immediately comes back to me is people say they have trouble with their “quiet time.” I understand most people aren’t going to be reading the Bible just for fun, picking it up randomly throughout the day. If you are that kind of […]

Any of you who are connected to Ignite Church, know that we started a new series recently. We are calling it “Be Better” and what we are doing in this series is we are going through the book of Titus. In the preacher world we call that expository preaching. Which means, that there is a […]

Q: What is one question that every dad should ask themselves specifically as they’re maybe arriving home, getting home from work, leaving that part of their day, and going to their families? What is the one question they should ask themselves? A: I want to start by saying that I do ask myself this […]

Now there are are a lot more than three things that I think Father’s could put into their lives that would help them lead their families better, but I want to give you guys three. (Ladies, these things can help you too!) 1. Connection to THE Father The first thing that dads really need […]

A big way God speaks to me is through music. I find myself very often singing a song in my head that God is actually singing to me. Getting involved in music at a young age, this doesn’t really surprise me all that much. There have been many songs over the years that have […]

Just this past Sunday, on Memorial Day weekend, our church just kicked off our Summer Concert Series. During this series, as people arrive for church, they are greeted with things such as flavored snoballs, corn hole games, and even bubbles for the kids. It doesn’t stop there however, each service during this series kicks off […]

Have you ever heard the phrase before, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care?” I have seen this phrase attributed to John Maxwell (Read his stuff!), and Teddie Roosevelt. Despite who actually said it first, the leadership principle has been one that God has shown me a lot […]

So you mean I could warm up this pizza in the oven for 20 minutes or I could microwave it in 2 minutes…. Let me think about that… MICROWAVE!! We live in a microwave culture. You want hot food, it is literally seconds away with the invention of the microwave. It’s personally, and […]

Does it ever feel like you say smart things all the time and no one ever notices? There have definitely been times in my life and there will be many more as well, where it seems like what I say doesn’t matter, or just doesn’t carry the weight that I feel like it should. […]

This past week we were challenged by Pastor Jason to listen to a podcast by Andy Stanley talking about this question that every great leader asks. After listening and thinking about it I wanted to share some thoughts with you guys… As small group leaders we know the power of a great question. […]

Most group leaders have found themselves at one point or another stressed about the growth, or lack of growth, of their group members. And no this is not in reference to the massive amounts of babies that have been born at Ignite recently. To my knowledge they are all growing just fine. But on a […]

Hey Small Group Leaders! I wanted to send you guys and gals a message to shoot you some encouragement as we head into the summer months when small groups can sometimes get hectic and it can become hard to be consistent. For those of you who have led through a summer before you know exactly what […]